RELIGION

With a dream of giving his state its own 'Tirumala' to rival Andhra
Pradesh's famous temple, Telangana Chief Minister Chandrasekhar Rao
is all set to give the Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple in
Yadagirigutta, now renamed Yadadri,...

In what appeared to be the biggest gathering of recent times, the Kumbh
mela held every 12 years at the junction of the sacred rivers in Allahabad,
attracted some 10 million pilgrims from all over the country this year. It
provided fascinating...

Jesus Christ did not die on the cross, nor did he ascend to Heaven. Instead
he went over to Kashmir, lived there for some time, died a natural death and
is buried in Rauza Bal, Khanyar, a densely populated area in the interior of
the city of Srinagar.

More than three million people visited the nine-day "Chauvis Koti Gayatri
Mahayagna" and had darshan of their goddess in the
impressive bamboo temple erected on the banks of the fabled Sabarmati River
in Ahmedabad.

The recent flurry of allegations against Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and his
alleged involvement in the planting of a nuclear device on Nanda Devi has
once again focused on the dubious activities of a majority of India's
so-called Swamis. INDIA TODAY...

It is a modest first floor apartment on the periphery of Sri Aurobindo Ashram
in Pondicherry. Pictures of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother adorn every wall.
Joss-stick smell pervades the atmosphere. Except for ashram memorabilia at
every nook and corner, it is...

Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, 46, has not given a personal interview to an Indian
or foreign journalist for several years. However, he answered India Today's
written questions, after studying them overnight, in the course of his
morning lecture.

The recent refusal on the part of the Government to allow foreign television
teams to film the ashram of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, has introduced a bizarre
twist in the country's spiritual controversy. Rajneesh himself claims that
his opponents have...

The long process of alienation between the Sikhs and the Nirankaris
culminated with the issue of a hukamnama (edict) last month
by the Akal Takht in Amritsar directing the Khalsa Panth to sever all ties
with those Sikhs who...